00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[Linlox]

threw a towel over them so they are not getting blasted with light and set lights to 50%. what do you guys do for a acclimation to lights? couple hours? days?

 

[00W]

Lunch time!

Good job Amanda!

 

[00W]

threw a towel over them so they are not getting blasted with light and set lights to 50%. what do you guys do for a acclimation to lights? couple hours? days?

I usually do 30%, if they're adjustable.
Go up gradually over a week.
Tim/Kevin know best.
My tank with T5's I put them at the bottom or partially hide behind a rock, move them out slowly.

 

[00W]

threw a towel over them so they are not getting blasted with light and set lights to 50%. what do you guys do for a acclimation to lights? couple hours? days?

Towel is great too that's what I do if I ever get a fish. Works well and you can partially move it.

 

[Calmwaters]

Good job Amanda!

Just doing my part to keep taco Tuesday going strong! Lol

 

[Linlox]

Towel is great too that's what I do if I ever get a fish. Works well and you can partially move it.

yeah cause i am running hybrid T5s and 3x AIs. So i turned down the leds but will use the towel over the T5s. Will find some mesh or egg crate to slowly increase over a week.

 

[00W]

yeah cause i am running hybrid T5s and 3x AIs. So i turned down the leds but will use the towel over the T5s. Will find some mesh or egg crate to slowly increase over a week.

Parchment paper works well also.
I use the natural brown paper as it seems to shade out better.

 

[Linlox]

Parchment paper works well also.
I use the natural brown paper as it seems to shade out better.

that is a great idea! thanks!

 

[luis angel]

The water was super clear but I moved the sand a little to level it and it still has a little bit of that dust, should I keep moving it every now and then to get all that out? Because if not I think that when the goby and the shrimp move a little bit of sand it will turn all white lol

 

[00W]

The water was super clear but I moved the sand a little to level it and it still has a little bit of that dust, should I keep moving it every now and then to get all that out? Because if not I think that when the goby and the shrimp move a little bit of sand it will turn all white lol

It will do that for awhile no worries.
If it's cleared up already your filter is doing a great job and I personally wouldn't worry about it.

 

[kevgib67]

I usually do 30%, if they're adjustable.
Go up gradually over a week.
Tim/Kevin know best.
My tank with T5's I put them at the bottom or partially hide behind a rock, move them out slowly.

I may have been doing it wrong coming up on 20 years but I always dip rinse and mount it where I want it, I don’t play with the light.

 

[luis angel]

I may have been doing it wrong coming up on 20 years but I always dip rinse and mount it where I want it, I don’t play with the light.

I do the same

 

[kevgib67]

Absolutely beautiful, what an exciting day! I miss those days.

 

[luis angel]

It will do that for awhile no worries.
If it's cleared up already your filter is doing a great job and I personally wouldn't worry about it.

Now it's cloudy again, but when it clears up again, will it be ready to transfer everything?

 

[Linlox]

I may have been doing it wrong coming up on 20 years but I always dip rinse and mount it where I want it, I don’t play with the light.

I do the same

maybe i will just give them a day or two on the rack and just mount them where i think they will be happy. Also never used to think about the light, but always had T5s and Halides (on or off) that didnt have an app with an acclimate button lol

 

[00W]

Now it's cloudy again, but when it clears up again, will it be ready to transfer everything?

I don't see why not.
It'll get cloudy anyways when you have your hands in there getting your rockscape going.
Or you can wait and see what everyone else thinks.

 

[Linlox]

Dont believe the cloudiness should hurt anything, never has for me. Unless someone has had an issue with it, get stuff in there and post some pics!

 

[luis angel]

Now that we are talking about lights, I have a theory that I don't know how reliable it is, I have always wondered if the change of light can really kill a coral or if that coral dies because it came already sick in some way, of course experience plays a fundamental role (which I don't have hahaha) but I mean this because when one goes to a LFS or buys online one doesn't know for sure what model of light or how that light is set, one can deduce more or less where to put the coral from experience and from readings but to match where the coral was before I think it is almost improbable

 

[00W]

Now that we are talking about lights, I have a theory that I don't know how reliable it is, I have always wondered if the change of light can really kill a coral or if that coral dies because it came already sick in some way, of course experience plays a fundamental role (which I don't have hahaha) but I mean this because when one goes to a LFS or buys online one doesn't know for sure what model of light or how that light is set, one can deduce more or less where to put the coral from experience and from readings but to match where the coral was before I think it is almost improbable

Sounds like you have more experience/knowledge than you know Luis!
More than me anyways you got this!
I've used the parchment paper on fish never coral.
That I've always dunked right in.
But I've always had T5's.

 

[Linlox]

yeah i am starting to think @luis angel is a ringer.
This hobby changes alot, when i left it, ULNS was the fad and ammonia killed stuff. Now i see dosing nitrate, po4 or ammonia is common practice. Figured I would just leave my filter sock in longer to make nitrate since we always used to refer to them as nitrate factories.
Surprised we are dosing nitrates and phosphates and not just resurrecting our wet/dry sumps.